Alexander in Afghanistan - Cophen Campaign - Ancient Battles DOCUMENTARY

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The new Kings and Generals animated ancient historical documentary series covering the conquests of Alexander III the Great of Macedon continues with the aftermath of the siege of Tyre of 332 BC ( • Siege of Tyre 332 BC -... ), the battle of Gaza and the conquest of Egypt ( • Siege of Gaza 332 BC -... ) as well as the decisive battle of Gaugamela against Darius III in 331 BC ( • Battle of Gaugamela 33... ). Afterwards, Alexander's Asian campaign continued, as after defeating the remnants of the Acahemenid Empire at the battle of the Persian Gate and the Uxian Defile and the Persian Gates ( • Battle of the Persian ... ), Alexander marched into Central Asia, taking on the Saka at the battle of Jaxartes in 329 BC ( • Battle of the Jaxartes... ). Alexander's next target was the Sogdian Rock, where Spitamenes raised a rebellion against him and we also talk talked about the assassination of Cleitus ( • Battle of the Sogdian ... ). In this episode, we will discuss Alexander's campaign in Afghanistan, called Cophen (Kabul) campaign by the ancients and another assassination attempt, this time by the royal pages led by Hermolaus. We are planning to cover all campaigns of Alexander and all of his major battles, including Gaugamela, Tyre, Issus, Granicus, Halicarnassus, Gaza, Hydaspes and more.
How Alexander Defeated his Balkan enemies: • Alexander the Great's ...
Battle of Granicus 334 BC: • Battle of Granicus 334...
Sieges of Miletus and Halicarnassus 334 BC: • Siege of Halicarnassus...
Battle of Issus 333 BC: • Battle of Issus 333 BC...
Siege of Tyre of 332 BC: • Siege of Tyre 332 BC -...
Alexander in Palestine and Egypt: • Siege of Gaza 332 BC -...
Gaugamela 331 BC: • Battle of Gaugamela 33...
Persian Gate 330 BC: • Battle of the Persian ...
Jaxartes 329 BC: • Battle of the Jaxartes...
Sogdian Rock 327 BC: • Battle of the Sogdian ...
Persianization of Alexander: • Battle of the Sogdian ...
How Rome Conquered Greece: • How Rome Conquered Gre...
Philip II and Macedonian Phalanx: • Armies and Tactics: Ph...
Philip II's Cavalry and Siegecraft: • Armies and Tactics: Ph...
Military Reforms of Alexander the Great: • Military Reforms of Al...
Alexander the Great: Logistics: • Alexander the Great: L...
Special Forces of Alexander the Great: • Special Forces of Alex...
Ancient Macedonia before Alexander the Great and Philip II: • Ancient Macedonia befo...
Why were Alexander's Body and Tomb So Important? • Why were Alexander's B...
What happened to Alexander's tomb? • What happened to Alexa...
Alexander the Great in Quran and Middle Eastern Myths: • Alexander the Great in...
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@KingsandGenerals Жыл бұрын

Battle of Hoth: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iKh2npOZ2ZmmYnU.html

@RealNeutronStar Жыл бұрын

Another new Ukrainian counter-attack succeeded today! In the direction of Liman! Impressive! Not even a month has passed and the video time is approaching. Very impressive! ⚡

@RealNeutronStar Жыл бұрын

Overall an impressive performance! 🔥

@denniscleary7580 Жыл бұрын

Really am enjoying the Star Wars lore and I can’t thank you enough for covering the first age of middle earth

@dipmalyaroy987 Жыл бұрын

Saying Afganistan is historically inappropriate it was part of ancient India then

@ajithsidhu7183 Жыл бұрын

Elephant go hoot time

@schoolofgrowthhacking Жыл бұрын

The fact that these battles and campaigns were so well documented and detailed is extraordinary!

@stelvis1984ify Жыл бұрын

Definitely helps when you have a language and writing system that has existed and been consistently understood for almost 3000 years.

@Fetch26291 Жыл бұрын

@@ahmetgunes4095 He meant 3000 years from now, not then. Greek has changed little in its writing style from the 1st millennium BCE to the 3rd millennium CE. It has however changed in its spoken style.

@Fetch26291 Жыл бұрын

@@ahmetgunes4095 Fact: Upperclass Romans spoke and wrote Greek, as it was the Language of Learning and Trade until around the 2nd century CE, when Latin started taking over.

@hattorihanzo9896 Жыл бұрын

@@richardv9648 🤣😂 you are clueless bro

@kingmenelaus7083 Жыл бұрын

@@richardv9648 lemme guess, you're a "Persian" or Indian nationalist?

@bethmarriott9292 Жыл бұрын

"Kill me and my fellow conspirators if you must!" Fellow conspirators: 👀👀👀

@PYRESATVARANASI Жыл бұрын

I can respect how Hermolaus went all in, it takes guts to speak to your King so plainly. He knew that he was a dead man either way. Excellent series 🔥.

@rasiabsgamingcorner2258 Жыл бұрын

Im surprised Hermolaus was able to move with such giant size balls

@Cyberpunker1088 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure he knew he was dead man walking and had nothing more to lose.

@petervoller3404 Жыл бұрын

Hey all, I was the historian and scriptwriter for this episode, hope you all enjoyed! If you've got any questions or feedback, please do leave them below and I'll do my best to get around to them!

@radec5437 Жыл бұрын

Not a question, but Only compliments for your hardwork!

@theblackknight6732 Жыл бұрын

Please do more videos on Celts :) I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL :) :) :) :) :)

@strasseanthem8599 Жыл бұрын

I appreciated your hard work, please contunie to do more videos about Alexander the Great and his personality and his biography, relationships with others and his attitude towards to the events and obstacles.

@markcoroneos7811 Жыл бұрын

As a history teacher in training; you guys are both making my future job alot easier and also obsolete haha love your work 🙏🏻🙏🏻

@sammykubesch6161 Жыл бұрын

You did a great job being historically accurate but also telling a story from multiple sides. I have sex with animals. I love your channel as well!

@kanyekubrick5391 Жыл бұрын

If there’s one thing I learned reading about Phillip & Alexander is that 9 times out of 10, you do not want Macedonians besieging you. Especially Mr. Boy-King.

@alecbundy527 Жыл бұрын

The real Poliorcetes...

@user-zh7es6lc6j Жыл бұрын

Even these days you can still see the damage done by Alexander. My friend who was deployed in afghanistan told me of an old fortress that stood on a huge mountain. It has stood there for thousands of years before Alexander’s time and you can see arrowheads and all buried around the surrounding area.

@stratosk6408 Жыл бұрын

What damage? Arrowhead? Really?

@steviechampagne Жыл бұрын

Damage? Alexander sparked human advancement around the entire old world by centuries by spreading Hellenic influence to the East

@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb 7 ай бұрын

@@stratosk6408he destroyed many iranian cities..

@DistantTravels Жыл бұрын

“The strength of Afghanistan lies not in the cities, but in the mountains where nomadic warriors have lived for centuries unconquered.”

@sahar3820 Жыл бұрын

And MAN this quote still stays strong to this very day for Afghanistan.

@dreamcatcher2224 Жыл бұрын

Who said this

@DistantTravels Жыл бұрын

@@dreamcatcher2224 I believe it was Stephen Tanner in his book "Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War Against the Taliban".

@kambar1647 Жыл бұрын

meh, there's this myth that Afghanistan was never conquered by anyone, but many empires proved otherwise

@DistantTravels Жыл бұрын

@@kambar1647 You see, the thing that people like you don't seem to understand is that no one ever claimed Afghanistan was never conquered. "Conquering" Afghanistan is easy, but conquering the people (in particular the mountaineers) is a different thing. The fact is that until only recently, there have still been mountaineers in Afghanistan who have lived free from any sort of government rule for thousands of years. Yes, Alexander, Genghis, Timur and many other conquerors have took over all of Afghanistan according to the map. But what the map doesn't tell you is that those mountaineers weren't even bothered by any form of government rule (due to the fact that subjugating them was impossible due to their fierce resistance and advantage in terrain as well as nomadic warrior lifestyle) , which is why to them, the states, governments and rulership meant nothing. That is why Ahmad Shah Durrani had to bribe some of his own fellow Afghan tribes to join his cause in establishing a state. The mountaineers only followed and obeyed a government/rulership when they wished. Thus why Britain and the kingdom of Afghanistan, in particular Emir Abdur-Rahman ourt so much emphasis and effort in weakening the nomadic Afghan tribal warriors (through forced migrations, ruthless use of military, and etc.) Anyone who learns and reads about Afghan history will notice something very quickly in Alexander's, Genghis Khan's, Timur's, and especially the Mughul's stories: “The strength of Afghanistan lies not in the cities, but in the mountains where nomadic warriors have lived for centuries unconquered.” Trying to subjugate the Afghan mountaineers was a huge disaster that only inexperienced and unknowledgeable invaders did not avoid. Thus, historians unanimously agree that entering Afghanistan is easy, but staying in it is where it gets near impossible.

@dennisgichohi5392 Жыл бұрын

This Alexander series is one of the best series you've done💯......thank you KG

@rolo8950 Жыл бұрын

For hermalous to go on a tirade, it took guts and I don't blame him at all for it. Power and pride ruin every great ruler sooner or later and Alexander wasn't immune to that. Also, at the time, if you got caught plotting to kill your king or a powerful man or woman, you were almost always tortured and eventually executed so hermalous knew he had nothing to lose so instead of going down begging for his life, he let loose how he truly felt and I applaud him for that.

@mashek331 Жыл бұрын

@@steve8610 I felt like all the boy's arguments and accusations about Alexander were simply a cover for the real reason, that he was beaten, which humiliated him more than anything.

@muhammadeisa1459 Жыл бұрын

@@steve8610 he may not have expressed any ill will towards Alexander until his beating because he may have been afraid of his king. After he had nothing to lose, he let his feelings out. We will never know if the kid believed what he said or merely said it as a cover or if it was a mix of both, as things often are.

@patrickevans3797 Жыл бұрын

He was a page, he should have known the boundaries in which he lived and probably did but chose to act outside them and was punished accordingly, if not, everyone would overstep

@nemlas85 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if it really happened and the kid could actually give a speech. although it makes sense from Alexander's point of view: he could have used the young one to defeat the probably poorly presented arguments of Callisthenes, without risking a loss against a wiser opponent in a debate.

@V-man117 Жыл бұрын

I love Greek history so much. Keep up with the good job Kings and Generals 🙏

@jamacelmoge1444 Жыл бұрын

Macedonian*

@antonisarvanitidis4397 Жыл бұрын

@@jamacelmoge1444 Same thing! Read a book!

@Essa5225 Жыл бұрын

Angry people who believe Alexander wasn't greek incoming

@CaptCKernel Жыл бұрын

@@antonisarvanitidis4397 seeing as Alexander clearly holds a separation between Greek and Macedonian, I'd be more apt to believe him. I mean the whole gist of the Page Trial is he still held onto the Macedonian roots by seeing them first before the Greek Callisthetes. Might sound arbitrary but the term is Hellenistic

@daakis0173 Жыл бұрын

@@antonisarvanitidis4397 you are albanian , wtf do you call yourself as a greek for?

@omarbradley6807 Жыл бұрын

Now the Silver Shields and thus Seleucus begun to have more prominence. Will be intresting if you cover that part as he was one of the four trusted officers of Alexander, the only who continued to Persianisate himself, and the de facto winner of his, (Alexander) sucesion wars.

@AegonTheUnlikely Жыл бұрын

Seleucus and Ptolemy, can’t forget Ptolemy!

@AverageRomaboo Жыл бұрын

@@AegonTheUnlikely despite ipsus Demetrius’s line still got most of Macedonia too but yeah Ptolemy and seleucus where the main winners

@alessandrogini5283 Жыл бұрын

Maybe seleuco was the nearest to make Alexander the great ambition to unite greek and Persian true

@jonbaxter2254 Жыл бұрын

Assassins? Fools! Don't you know Alexander has plot armour!

@aburoach9268 Жыл бұрын

He died from a fever LOL

@mikemodugno5879 Жыл бұрын

This has been one of my favorite series yet. Two thumbs up!

@sethbartley2212 Жыл бұрын

love these in depth coverage videos. No one else does this! thanks so much!

@valentino5689 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the Alexander videos they are amazing, arguably the most famous king/general of all time

@damienm Жыл бұрын

Documentaries about Alexander never cease to amaze me!

@klaudioabazi4478 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I have been waiting a long time. It was well worth it.

@markusskram4181 Жыл бұрын

Alexander is definitely One of my favorite kings in history !

@nadaan0x3 2 ай бұрын

Really

@BigTatanka626 Жыл бұрын

You guys give such a great look at history and the parts of it I've always found the most interesting please keep it coming, seriously yall should be consultants for historical movie makers

@KingsandGenerals Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MarcelPirosca Жыл бұрын

Incredible video, thanks so much K & G. History telling at its finest.

@KingsandGenerals Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@ajaypal14121 Жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals i hope you will mention about Chanakya also in next video 🌝 one the greatest strategist ever born the one whose indirect tactics were responsible for Alexander withdrawal and who was main reason that Alexander main general selucus nicator was defeated by chandragupta Maurya

@-RONNIE Жыл бұрын

Thanks again for another really good video

@ShahanshahShahin Жыл бұрын

I'm in love with your Alexander series since day 1

@jimmychase8494 7 ай бұрын

I rewatch it all the time!

@gustavrask8592 Жыл бұрын

Good video keep op the good work❤

@adetibakayode1332 Жыл бұрын

GOD BLESS YOUR WORK. THEY ARE REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND EXCELLENT

@soursweet2196 Жыл бұрын

Was desperately waiting for next fight with Porus since beginning . As it was fought next to my city Please upload as soon as possible Thanks

@joking3502 Жыл бұрын

Nice video,kings and generals.

@ancientsitesgirl Жыл бұрын

oh, this is my favorite series! it's just a pity that Alexander lived so short 😕

@alejandrosakai1744 Жыл бұрын

I heard that Alexander wanted to conquer Arabia, and Carthage, and also circumnavigate Africa!

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@loupiscanis9449 Жыл бұрын

Thank you , K&G . 🐺

@gingerbill128 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video

@yamaraiakizuki4561 Жыл бұрын

Afghanistan: to conquer the land on horseback is strenous at best but to govern is impossible. Even the taliban are learning that

@omarbradley6807 Жыл бұрын

Laugh in Seleucid.

@theawesomeman9821 Жыл бұрын

Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires.

@pablogats4627 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was Mongols that said that

@LuisBrito-ly1ko Жыл бұрын

@@theawesomeman9821 They got conquered every time. Lol

@rishavkumar1250 Жыл бұрын

@@theawesomeman9821 * graveyard of 19th century Empires. Otherwise Afghans were tossed around like a coin among the Greeks,Persians,Arabs and Indians and even the Turks and Mongols .

@robbabcock_ Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! ⚔🏹👍

@luisvalenzuela4505 Жыл бұрын

I love this channel but please, give more of alexander!!!

@jeyasurya5473 Жыл бұрын

Great effort good!!

@PrimeroVorian1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@matthewkira6668 Жыл бұрын

The battle of Arigaeum does not get talked about much, but in my view, this battle is in the same league as his other great battles in terms of brilliance. Alexander utilized the terrain well to hide the movement of his flanking forces before hitting his enemies on the sides and successfully relieving the pressure from the center before reaching the breaking point. (1) Hidden units joining the fray at the last possible moment (2) Double flank attack (3) Weak center I wouldn't be surprised if this battle was a major influence on Hannibal's military mind.

@dimitrioskontsiotis2267 Жыл бұрын

Good point. I bet Alexander's victory there inspired Hannibal's battle plan for the Battle of Cannae.

@AverageRomaboo Жыл бұрын

Hannibal considered Alexander to be the best general of all time, as do I so that is possible

@jdstocco84 Жыл бұрын

Man this was good!

@lucasespinola5076 Жыл бұрын

So exciting!

@mikeruxpin2829 Жыл бұрын

Love this series!

@Jesse_Dawg Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite series

@haraldschnauzer223 Жыл бұрын

love your videos

@RobertReg1 Жыл бұрын

Great vid

@Macsantos-fz8sn 10 ай бұрын

I am an afghan and I love and respect Alexander the great so much

@ZYXPQI Жыл бұрын

God Damn I love these Alexander videos

@martinmoralesalvarez2689 Жыл бұрын

Amazing series

@vanmars5718 Жыл бұрын

I love Arrian's account for Alexander, one of the reasons I love to read Greek literature.

@JC-mx9su Жыл бұрын

The Battle of Hydaspes is next and I’m already excited.

@alejandrosakai1744 Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@priyankgupta Жыл бұрын

The fight between Alexadner and Porus (known as Puru in some places in India) was legendary. My nickname puru comes from the famously defeated but proud King Porus, even though I would rather watch historical documentaries rather than fight real battles.

@alejandrosakai1744 Жыл бұрын

When I was fourteenth, my favorite subjects were Alexander's Indian Campaign and the Mauryan-Seleucid wars!

@nestormakepontos9700 Жыл бұрын

Many indians don't even accept the defeat of Porus 🤣 cool to see there are indians that at least relize their defeat

@caliphatemapping4617 Жыл бұрын

Rendian🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Kaiyanwang82 Жыл бұрын

@@nestormakepontos9700 Maybe they mix it up with Seleucus? He was defeated by an indian king, IIRC

@nestormakepontos9700 Жыл бұрын

@@Kaiyanwang82 Yeah continue with your lies. Indians would have deffiently killed him, if Alexander was defeated. But Alexander the Great granted the indian King his land as his vassal

@catoelder4696 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@mowiee8305 Жыл бұрын

A video about the battle of anual would be incredible. The leader abdelkarim el khattabi is seen as one of the fathers of guerilla warfare and it would he interesting to see the tactics.

@arthegor Жыл бұрын

I love how you guys use Inkarnate. ^^ Nice Episode

@atrides7 Жыл бұрын

Excalent video

@chessmastertactics6929 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always! Alexander was an absolute genius of warfare, a heroic warrior and an unparalleled strategist. I have studied his life since i was a child and i really wonder what more he would achieve if he lived for at least one more decade...i have a question: i have read that he was hanging from a cliff with a rope while he was besieging a great fortress. Was it Masaga or Aornus???

@beno1129 Жыл бұрын

What I like about him is that he led from the front

@ajaypal14121 Жыл бұрын

He may be a good strategist but not better than Acharya Chanakya 🌝🇮🇳 who's wisdom made to on knee both Alexander and Nanda empire from whose even Alexander army used to get frightened...🌝

@AegonTheUnlikely Жыл бұрын

@@ajaypal14121 lmao you Indian nationalists are always hilarious 😂

@ajaypal14121 Жыл бұрын

@@AegonTheUnlikely well we are not hilarious we are just spitting facts the fact is white and European always think that they are invincible and no Asian can ever defeat them. But Indian defeated Mongol, Arabs and Greeks all long history . so go and search about Chanakya 🌝 the guy was scholar and teacher in university of Taxila same where Abhi joined hands that guys tried to unite all other king of sub continent preety much did also in battle of hyphades Alexander faced a severe losses and last moment win from porus but still they were thinking to move forward but it was sabatoge operations under chandragupta Maurya a student of Chanakya which demotivated Alexander troops that if they are getting attacked by few peps what would Nanda do and it's good Alexander didn't crossed river again or else he would had been badly defeated by Dhana Nanda army which was strongest army of that time both in military strength and training And chankaya strategy made even Nanda empire fell within a day and Mauryan came into power of india it was swords of chandragupta Maurya but mid of Chanakya they conquered whole india And when Alexander troops withdrawal happened than he deployed his General and army here.. under selucus nicator who was defeated by chandragupta Maurya and treaty was signed under Chanakya in which he gave all Indian territory to Chandragupta maurya and married her daughter to him 🌝😂🇮🇳 So before commenting word hilarious check history

@elifern889 Жыл бұрын

@@khabibtime8830 So God wants people to know his revelation by having invading armies conquer the land, enslave their women, and oppress the population? I guess it's also a "miracle" that the Huns ravaged the Roman Empire or the Mongols conquering all of Eurasia or the British colonizing 25% of the Earth. Or any other large empire that existed in history.

@leegoddard2618 Жыл бұрын

Alexander's want and ability to build causeways and bridges is what made him so Great. He didn't care that an enemy had created an impassable. He just built over it.

@JohnCataldo22 Жыл бұрын

If that was true Alexanders response, then that would win over any court

@Liquidsback Жыл бұрын

Copen campaign? I didn't know that Alexander went into Denmark, wow.

@KingsandGenerals Жыл бұрын

He would probably be absolutely in shock that someone lives that far to the north.

@acrogercharles Жыл бұрын

Cophen translates into kabul

@somestormcloakwithanarrowo4671 Жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals more likes on the reply, either than the one on the comment, that's something you don't see everyday

@Tommykey07 Жыл бұрын

If he had lived longer he might have made it to Denmark! 🤣

@ajithsidhu7183 Жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals Gigachad King Porus Punjabi Jatt noises intensified

@BranSant 6 ай бұрын

Is crazy to know that these peoples faced Alexander the Great and the US

@akmr.mafiax6363 Жыл бұрын

Guys, good luck on making the video about the next battle because you will need every bit of it. Sources are messy as hell and it will be a headache.

@divicospower9112 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always. Just one thing, why don't you use Greek names for Hellenic men?

@tomislavpetrov1179 2 ай бұрын

The River Cophen (Kabul, 700 km) campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great of Macedon in the Kabul Valley (May 327 BC - March 326 BC). Alexandria in Arachosia is now called Kandahar in Afghanistan, a city founded by Alexander the Great of Macedon in 330 BC. Alexandria Eschate was a city founded by Alexander the Great of Macedon, at the southwestern end of the Fergana Valley (modern Tajikistan) in August 329 BC. Alexandria in the Caucasus was a colony of Alexander the Great of Macedon in the southern foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains in today's Afghanistan. Alexandria on the Indus was a city founded by Alexander the Great at the junction of the Indus and the Acesines River.

@MikeTysonOfficial Жыл бұрын

By the way, I am a really big fan of your channel and I watch it every day even if I am 12. I was wondering if you guys could make some videos about Armenia since I am Armenian. I know it has nothing to do with Alexander the Great, but it would be really cool to learn about my country's history through my favorite KZfaq channel. It would also be cool if you guys had a series on the Native American wars. Thank you, and keep making great videos!

@peterthesneakybastar Жыл бұрын

I think they read your comment lol

@MikeTysonOfficial Жыл бұрын

@@peterthesneakybastar Yeah, I am so glad they did!

@wasfureinbua Жыл бұрын

very coool

@bstingge9263 Жыл бұрын

I live in Pakistan (home to Taxila mentioned in the video) and I can tell you monsoon rains do not occur during Spring (March/April). Monsoon happens during July/August. So it is confusing to hear that Alexander left Taxila to meet Porus in Spring, "despite monsoon rains". This picture is not correct unless monsoons used to be radically different in 326 BC, which would be an exciting thing to learn if true.

@Kaiyanwang82 Жыл бұрын

Underrated post the authors should address this.

@Liquidsback Жыл бұрын

Could be different, we know for example that Mesopotamia used to be a lot greener, same thing with the area around (Israel/Palestine) perhaps Pakistan was similar with diferent weather patterns, this could explain the rise and fall of the Indus Valley civilization too.

@Kaiyanwang82 Жыл бұрын

@@Liquidsback isn't north Africa and middle east dryer now because Goths and Arabs messed up the irrigation systems after invading?

@hamzaferoz6162 Жыл бұрын

Climate change is factor. This year's monsoon lasted well into September

@brokenbridge6316 Жыл бұрын

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Alexander the Great has some blights on his record. Which is fine. Not every ruler is spotless. Great video.

@keironroberts5645 Жыл бұрын

He killed women and children even though they had surrendered that's monstrous

@stefanciocan1605 Жыл бұрын

@@keironroberts5645 in those days it didn't mean much..

@pkgpk5564 Жыл бұрын

@@stefanciocan1605 Compare him to Ashoka the Great and it ia clear Alaex was bad very bad king

@stefanciocan1605 Жыл бұрын

@@pkgpk5564 different cultures

@user-iz9zb5je3u Жыл бұрын

Is this a game that you saw when it comes to battles and if yes what is the name?

@blazeyt843 Жыл бұрын

I just came for Alexander vs Porus and.......

@sourabhmayekar3354 Жыл бұрын

As an Indii, I was awaiting this day when this story reaches the sub continent

@muhammadeisa1459 Жыл бұрын

Indii?

@manurr10 Жыл бұрын

It never does.

@jareesgriffin9686 Жыл бұрын

Alexander is one of the GOATS

@spencerferris4503 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@Mark-wx8ne Жыл бұрын

cool

@johnking6252 Жыл бұрын

So he was good at flanking movement. Wow .

@cyrilvidal1834 Жыл бұрын

I’ve just finished the sogdian revolt. What a time to be a ancient History addict.

@kaddanki096 Жыл бұрын

Alexander really went that far didn’t he

@kambouridesalexandros9065 5 ай бұрын

WHAT TOTAL WAR ROME 2 MOD IS THAT AND IT LOOKS SO GOOD

@ThalesGMota Жыл бұрын

Great Job,Alexander Was Magnificient.

@zainmudassir2964 Жыл бұрын

Wow didn't know Alexander fought many battles in today's Pakistan. Hope you cover march through Gredosian desert there are coastal towns like Ormara named after Greek generals

@hamzaferoz6162 Жыл бұрын

The Battle of the Hydaspes is famous in Pakistan taking place near Jhelum

@pappi187 Жыл бұрын

Basically Afghan land

@krystianzagorski8505 Жыл бұрын

Alexander India campain after beating Darius seems like doing side-quest after already beating the game.

@vermicelledecheval5219 Жыл бұрын

Arigaeum ? This really looks like the battle of Pydna where Paulus Emilius soundly defeated Perseus... The fact is that A3 didn't fall into the trap and had his own strategy prevailing at the end... Now comparing king Perseus to A3 is at best ironic if not a kind of parody... Eventhough PE was impressed by the phalanxes formations...

@gaygachad8305 Жыл бұрын

Alexander was so protective of Hephastian, always sending him through the easiest route and going for the hardest one despite resistance from Hephastian .

@v4ven925 Жыл бұрын

Hellenistic years what a great period. All the transformations that happened those years changed the world so much. Give us more! What started us punishing the Persians for invading Hellas (Greece) and later bribing the Greek cities for civil war, tooka different path of discovering the world and uniting them under Hellenistic civilization. Also the fall of the whole effort so quickly but the civilization lived on..

@AverageRomaboo Жыл бұрын

Based romans L parthians sassinads and Muslims

@AverageRomaboo Жыл бұрын

@kuro saigatsu I was less mature at the time lol, but in my personal opinion though all of these civilizations were great I personally like the Hellenistic and Roman periods better than the caliphates, I was not trying to insult anyone or Islam in this statement

@abutharaziz Жыл бұрын

Before I watched this series I respected Alexander as a person and as a commander but after watching this I still respect him as a great commander but not his personality seeing how he treated other people

@nidalgxhf Жыл бұрын

Good man

@briish4615 Жыл бұрын

cyrus the great conquests when?

@NationalPornoGraficA Жыл бұрын

Interesting Fact: Thanks to archeology we know where the mountain from the siege of Aornos is located and we can have glimpse of how much the soldiers needed to climb on narrow trails while being attacked and their patience. It took them a week. You can watch the documentary "On the footsteps of Alexander the Great" in the part of the Indian Campaign where Michael Woods climbed that rock himself

@waleedali7435 Жыл бұрын

There is still debate on the location of Aornos. Its narrowed down to two peaks in northern Pakistan. Historians can't say for certain which of the two was Aornos. First one is the Elum Ghar peak located in Buner, Pakistan whilst the other is Pir Sar, located 50 km northwest of Elum Ghar in Shangla, Pakistan.

@angelb.823 Жыл бұрын

You know what's unfamiliar to hear? Conspirators confessing the conspiracy they made against Alexander's life, and still tell the tale. Are there other conspiracies that had similar impacts?

@Sina-sd6qp Жыл бұрын

0:12 Indian subcontinent WAS inside the Persian empire. Not "beyond its borders". This is amazing how you tell the history

@petervoller3404 Жыл бұрын

Nah it wasn't. Some parts of modern day Pakistan had been part of the Persian Empire, true. The Indian *subcontinent* was not part of the Persian Empire. Alexander wasn't just eyeing up the little bits of the subcontinent that had been part of the Persian Empire, he was also looking beyond those borders, e.g. towards the Nanda.

@Sina-sd6qp Жыл бұрын

@@petervoller3404 sure, Alexander or every other conquer looks for more. though river Hyphasis Was the outer border of the Persians for many decades. Not the Persians or the Macedonians went further. The fact that Alexander even won a battle in India is also in debate. obviously there have been a lot of efforts to make him look perfect

@History_Teller1250 8 ай бұрын

@@Sina-sd6qpAlexander III of Macedon defeated Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes and that's a historical fact...

@rezawicaksono4753 Жыл бұрын

geez, i never knew alexander ever campaigning in Copenhagen... ehm wait....

@aliA-jz5ms Жыл бұрын

Porus and Alexander are still matter of debate for local Punjabi Pakistanis to this day

@aryaputram Жыл бұрын

Jay maharaja purushottam 🤩💪🇮🇳

@lionelhutz5137 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's called cognitive dissonance.

@carlosgaston3985 Жыл бұрын

i always wonder what would happend if alex end his campaing here and retreat to macedon to restore and grow his army with new soldiers to further campaings

@capcap184 Жыл бұрын

Alexander was running all the fades

@sahar3820 Жыл бұрын

My mind is always blown that Alexander himself and other Greeks actually set their foot here in the location where my country is (Pakistan). Even Greek rulers used to rule parts of India which is just crazy to even think about. The influence the Greeks left in this region of South Asia can still be seen today. Also, I did a DNA test on myself. Found out I had 2 to 3% Greek DNA. My mind was again blown away!

@realestever1097 Жыл бұрын

what pakistan ? you mean India ?? you are Indian !!! you Pakistanis claim everything but Indian lol you people claim bring Arab but get denied by them claim being afghan then get told off now you people are claiming to be Turkish WHY DONT YOU JUST ACCEPT YOU ARE INDIAN AND YOUR FOREFATHERS ARE EX HINDUS WHO CONVERTED TO ISLAM SMH you people hate yourself claim everything but what you actually are. EX INDIANS

@nestormakepontos9700 Жыл бұрын

I'm Greek and I find that incredible too. Alexander was just something special in history that had never and will never be repeated

@realestever1097 Жыл бұрын

Stop this nonsense you are Indian desi There’s isn’t no Greek in you unless you find a Greek man then 6 inches or so at most I hate how Pakistanis will claim anything but being Indians like hey you didn’t teleport to that location you moved there from india It’s literally called the great partition, the largest migration in modern era 🤦‍♂️

@realestever1097 Жыл бұрын

@@nestormakepontos9700 Alexander was Macedonian not Greek and he actually considered Greeks weak and looked down on them

@Kaiyanwang82 Жыл бұрын

@@realestever1097 This is not what he said, relax. We are all mixed a bit, I am italian but you can bet I have a bit of african, middle easterner and german.

@Leynx-Et-Fenrir Жыл бұрын

There are gods, there are us and there is Alexander

@spencerferris4503 Жыл бұрын

@dminard1 Жыл бұрын

The rules say u get to beat the pages and they can't get mad.

@theawesomeman9821 Жыл бұрын

Afghan: "Give up Alexander! I have the high ground!" Alexander: "You under-estimate my power."

@lionelhutz5137 Жыл бұрын

"Don't try it"

@Pramod_Rawat0 Жыл бұрын

It was Indian part at that time 🤣 there was nothing like Afganistan but Kandhar as per Indian civilization. It was only after islamisation of Afganistan and Pakistan that these countries fell under Muslim powers before that these were part of greater Indian civilization.

@theawesomeman9821 Жыл бұрын

@@Pramod_Rawat0 I went to school with an Afghan and he would disagree, Afghanistan according to him is more culturally close to Persia than India in terms of civilization

@rishavkumar1250 Жыл бұрын

@@Pramod_Rawat0 चुप रह भाई, pura Afghanistan कभी भी इंडियन नहीं था उत्तर पूर्वी और दक्षिण Afghanistan ही इंडियन था

@rishavkumar1250 Жыл бұрын

@@theawesomeman9821 Well the Pashtuns try to deny the Hindu/Buddhist rule in their Eastern and Southern parts of the country. Pashtuns didn't live in Kandahar and Kabul Valley before the Arab invasions. Those areas were historically settled by Indo Aryans following Hindu-Buddhist culture.

@michaeladie10 Жыл бұрын

Alexander was the greatest man to ever live. Caesar was the most complete man to ever live. Hannibal was the master of deception and nobody did more, with so little. Ghengis rose from nothing and created the most unstoppable war machine ever seen. Napoleon was a tactical savant. The 5 greatest generals of all time.

@mazenaljayousi49 Жыл бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@phyrr2 Жыл бұрын

K&G needs to have a live *POP* counter.

@sohrab4371 Жыл бұрын

alexander tried to replicate ancient masters but he failed to see the fact that his hero secured the empire and showed kindness as much as possible and respected his soldiers an kept them well feed